Ancient Wisdom for Modern Man

Inspired by God, King Solomon of ancient Israel apparently perceived that all human beings, even the lowliest of peasants, possess the potential to achieve creative excellence and make valuable contributions to society in some appropriate field – a truly revolutionary vision in an age when the notion that ordinary people were even capable of learning to read, write, and do arithmetic would have been regarded by most rulers as bizarre beyond belief.

As bizarre, perhaps, as cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky’s more recent assertion that there is little, if any, difference between the average person and a Mozart or Beethoven.

In his wisdom, Solomon saw that the creative excellence achieved by the few is in fact an ordinary expectation of the human mind, and attainable by the many – once they are enlightened to the possibilities of the magical potential they already possess. The genius, Solomon saw, is born as ignorant as the fool, but by somehow discovering and developing the creative treasure in the human heart, finds and follows the path that leads to excellence.